Door-stop



(No Moel.) L. FUNK.

DOOR STOP. No. 532,151. I l Patented Jan.8,l1895.

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. LEVI FUNK, OF VVAYNES'BURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 532,151, dated January8,1895.

Serial No. 510,319. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEVI FUNK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Waynesburg, in the county of Greene and State of -Pennsyl- Vania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Door-Stops; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of rthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to door-stops, the objects in view being to providea stop of simple and economic construction that is designed to beapplied to the face of any swinging door, that can be operated by thefoot, is adapted to securely hold the door at any point or lock the sameclosed, and which when not in use may be elevated out of operativeposition and securely held in such position against any accidentaldisplacement during the ordinary opening and closing of the door.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing descriptionand the novel features thereof will be particularlypointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawingss-Figure 1 is an elevationl of the lowerportion of a door and its frame, the door being provided with a stopembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of the stop.Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In the practice of my invention I employ an oblong metal securing-plate1, the same being preferably cast and provided at its four corners withscrew receiving openings 2, whereby through the medium of screws theplate maybe secured to the face and near the lower edge of a door 3. Thesill of the door 3 may have a socket or opening indicated by dottedlines in Fig. l for the reception of the bolt hereinafter described,whereby the door may be locked in a closed position and thus additionalsecurity rendered.

Cast integral with the plate lis a'bored cylinder 4 the same being openat both ends and provided between its ends with an inclined slot 5, andat one side with a communicating verticalslot 6. The upper end of thecylinder 4 is horizontal and is provided at that side opposite the slot6 with a shallow depression or seat 7. Arranged over the bored lcylinder4 is a bowed spring 8 the contour of the bow ofthe spring agreeing withthe inner diameter of the bore of the cylinder 4. The

eyes 9 which register with the upper perforations 2 of the plate 1, sothat screws 10 may be passed through the eyes and perforations, and inaddition to serving to hold the plate in position upon the door alsoserve to secure the spring in position upon the plate. The bowed portion11 of the spring is slightly depressed at its outer side so as tosomewhat narrow the passage produced by it and the upper edge ofthecylinder. Arranged within the cylinder and loosely fitting the same soas to be capable of both a longitudinal and rotary movement is a bolt12. The bolt 12 is of greater lengththan the cylinder, and in fact aboutcorresponds in length with the plate 1, so that when elevated within thecylinder -its upper end will pass within and through the bowed portionof the spring 8 whereby the latter acts as an additional keeper for thebolt. An operating arm 13 projects laterally and horizontally from thebolt near its upper end and is of such size as to adapt it to passreadily through the inclined slot 5 and the vertical slot 6 and byexerting pressure to also pass horizontally through the passage producedby tlie bowed spring 8 and the upper edge of the cylinder 4, and whenswung to one side, that is above the` depression or said recess or seat,whereby it is retained in inoperative position and can only be dislodgedby intent and as the result of a pressure laterally so as to cause it torepass under the spring to a point above the vertical slot 6, down whichit readily gravitates until it falls into the inclined slot 5. Thenby'pressure exerted by the foot or hand it is caused to travel down theinclined slot and hence the bolt at its lower end will b ind against thecarpet Aor floor and secure the door at any point of opening.

When the holder is not in use the bolt is elevated in the mannerdescribed and swung to its inoperative position where it is held by thespring in the manner described. It may, however, be readily detached bythe foot and thrown into operative position so as to lock extremities ofthe spring are bent to produce recess 7 to be compressed by said springinto IOO the door or hold the same against unwarrantable intrusion, oragainst the opening or closing of the door by wind or other force.

It will be seen that the holder may be cheaply and readily cast, theparts be readily assembled and applied to a door, and when `in positionthe same will be effective for the purposes for which it is intended.

My device may also be employed at the sides of window sashes for lockingwindows or preventing the same from rattling, and the lower end of thebolt may or may not as desired be provided with a rubber cushion toprevent marring and create friction.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In a door holder thecombination with a securing plate having upper and lower perforationsand upon its front side a bored cylinder terminating short of the upperend of the plate, and having at one side a vertical slot and between itsends an inclined communieating slot, and in its upper end opposite thevertical slot provided with a recess or seat, of a bolt arranged in thecylinder for free vertical and longitudinal movement and `provided witha radial operating-arm, a bowed spring arranged above the cylinder onthe front face of the plate and having an intermediate bowed portioncorresponding to the bore of the cylinder and at its 'opposite ends bentto form eyes, said bowed portion being depressed above the upper end ofthe cylinder for the purpose of forcing and retaining the arm of thebolt in the recess of the cylinder, and screws passing through the eyesof the spring and the perforations of the plate, substantially asspecied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.f

lLEVI FUNK. Witnesses:

H. B. AXTELL, J. B. RINEHART.

